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Post by jus363 on Apr 28, 2023 20:39:44 GMT 1
69582 now repainted. When we thought the Halifax "Hybrid Olympia" livery couldn't get anymore minimalistic, it's now missing the lilac paint above the windows to the Skyline whereas 69374 and Streetlites still have it. May aswell just not bother repainting anything from the windows up now. Nice and simple It's the future LOL
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Post by kendall17 on Apr 28, 2023 22:40:17 GMT 1
69582 now repainted. When we thought the Halifax "Hybrid Olympia" livery couldn't get anymore minimalistic, it's now missing the lilac paint above the windows to the Skyline whereas 69374 and Streetlites still have it. May aswell just not bother repainting anything from the windows up now. Is anyone really THAT bothered?
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Apr 29, 2023 11:38:49 GMT 1
69582 now repainted. When we thought the Halifax "Hybrid Olympia" livery couldn't get anymore minimalistic, it's now missing the lilac paint above the windows to the Skyline whereas 69374 and Streetlites still have it. May aswell just not bother repainting anything from the windows up now. Is anyone really THAT bothered? Yeah, upsets my OCD.
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Post by Username on Apr 29, 2023 12:43:01 GMT 1
69582 now repainted. When we thought the Halifax "Hybrid Olympia" livery couldn't get anymore minimalistic, it's now missing the lilac paint above the windows to the Skyline whereas 69374 and Streetlites still have it. May aswell just not bother repainting anything from the windows up now. Is anyone really THAT bothered? I am
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Post by kendall17 on Apr 29, 2023 12:53:06 GMT 1
The thing is, companies like Black Prince & Connexions have been praised for having slight variations on their base liveries.
This isn't going to harm anyone or even be noticed by anyone other than the enthusiast.
Joe public will be happy a bus has turned up.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Apr 29, 2023 14:04:08 GMT 1
The thing is, companies like Black Prince & Connexions have been praised for having slight variations on their base liveries. This isn't going to harm anyone or even be noticed by anyone other than the enthusiast. Joe public will be happy a bus has turned up. Variations that looked decent though. The version on 69582 just looks incomplete. Honestly I'm not that fussed, just pointing it out. It's just weird and illogical.
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Post by mattb7tl on Apr 29, 2023 22:21:07 GMT 1
69582 now repainted. When we thought the Halifax "Hybrid Olympia" livery couldn't get anymore minimalistic, it's now missing the lilac paint above the windows to the Skyline whereas 69374 and Streetlites still have it. May aswell just not bother repainting anything from the windows up now. Is anyone really THAT bothered? Times have changed. Providing a service isn’t good enough anymore and all you’ll see is decline. Adapt with the times or get left behind.
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Post by astradyne on Apr 29, 2023 23:38:20 GMT 1
69582 now repainted. When we thought the Halifax "Hybrid Olympia" livery couldn't get anymore minimalistic, it's now missing the lilac paint above the windows to the Skyline whereas 69374 and Streetlites still have it. May aswell just not bother repainting anything from the windows up now. Is anyone really THAT bothered? Surely it is about having a recognisable brand. Whether that be a local or national brand seems to vary in cycles. So the question is seeing as the majority of people do not see a vehicle approaching from the rear, is the brand any more recognisable than plan dealer white. Personally I think not. Then ask yourself, what quality of operator what you normally associate to one that operates in dealer white? It comes down to what image you are trying to project. Do you want to project a positive brand image or not? First seems to be creating an image/brand in most locations, do they not want to identify with Halifax for some reason?
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Post by kendall17 on Apr 30, 2023 8:40:33 GMT 1
Do you think 8" of paint above a window is going to detract from a brand?
It's minute. Nobody will notice unless you spend 10 minutes staring at the bus.
It's still the same colour, it still has the same town name. It still has the same destination.
It wont make the slightest bit of difference to joe public, but the enthusiast will still overreact.
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Post by astradyne on Apr 30, 2023 11:53:46 GMT 1
Do you think 8" of paint above a window is going to detract from a brand? It's minute. Nobody will notice unless you spend 10 minutes staring at the bus. It's still the same colour, it still has the same town name. It still has the same destination. It wont make the slightest bit of difference to joe public, but the enthusiast will still overreact. Apologies 69374 is the one that got repainted on transfer from York. Thought it was the other livery being reported as even more simplified.
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Post by rosscolley64 on May 3, 2023 11:57:36 GMT 1
B9s 37126/37298/37727/37731 have all been repainted into HD Connect or are in the process of doing so.
There are now only 7 Olympia B9s left in Huddersfield, 1x YK07 and 6x YJ09.
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Post by driver6540 on May 4, 2023 23:41:58 GMT 1
B9s 37126/37298/37727/37731 have all been repainted into HD Connect or are in the process of doing so. There are now only 7 Olympia B9s left in Huddersfield, 1x YK07 and 6x YJ09. 37727 is now in HD Connect, was on it this morning. I believe 32511 is the last B7TL still out in service in Olympia.
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Post by jus363 on May 5, 2023 16:55:39 GMT 1
These are the First Halifax in the revised olympia livery may be some use to someone, 36311-315 37063/64 37129 37131/132 37360-363 & 365 37674 37701/702/709/710/712/714/716/718/726/734/735/755 37773/775/778/779/781 47495 63289 69374 69582
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Post by Ethan's Bus Adventures 2024 on May 8, 2023 13:22:57 GMT 1
Apparently, I heard some rumours that the stripes have returned for the HD Connect livery.
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Post by arriva1606 on May 8, 2023 18:14:45 GMT 1
Apparently, I heard some rumours that the stripes have returned for the HD Connect livery. On the Enviro 400s yes, Geminis aren't getting them unfortunately due to the amount of panels on the side where the stripe is
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Post by Ethan's Bus Adventures 2024 on May 9, 2023 7:07:25 GMT 1
arriva1606, remember that the Enviro 400s are Huddersfield are for University routes, hence it has a green logo and green stripes whereas as other buses on normal routes in HD Connect have either no stripes are Urban-based stripes.
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Post by driver6540 on May 9, 2023 22:09:02 GMT 1
Apparently, I heard some rumours that the stripes have returned for the HD Connect livery. I would suggest the rumours you heard were wrong then. The past month's repaint's of B9TL's have had no stripes applied, and given that there are only 12 buses at Hudds remaining in Olympia, including (soon to be withdrawn 32511), it is unlikely the stripes will re-appear on the remaining buses to be "HD Connected".
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Post by rosscolley64 on May 10, 2023 11:35:05 GMT 1
The latest two repaints 37126 and 37727 have the lilac stripe applied. These are the only 2 B9s to have the stripe, the rest do not.
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Post by Ethan's Bus Adventures 2024 on May 10, 2023 15:23:30 GMT 1
driver6540, At first, I didn't believe the rumours until someone sent me a picture of 37727 with the latest coat of HD Connect with return of the Urban-based stripes on Facebook. I think that the cost-cutting fleetnames are staying a little longer. Not sure if they have plans with the Olympia livery in Halifax and the LeedsCity livery in Leeds.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on May 19, 2023 12:08:12 GMT 1
69587 repainted and named after Todmorden depot controller Paul Varley in exchange for 69307.
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Post by jus363 on May 19, 2023 13:35:24 GMT 1
69587 repainted and named after Todmorden depot controller Paul Varley in exchange for 69307. Did 69307 get it's name taken of last night as i was on that yesterday and it was still named.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on May 19, 2023 19:18:19 GMT 1
69587 repainted and named after Todmorden depot controller Paul Varley in exchange for 69307. Did 69307 get it's name taken of last night as i was on that yesterday and it was still named. Both 69578 and 69307 has the names taken off the front but was still on the side of 69307 when I took it out the depot on Monday morning. Not sure if the side names have been taken off yet.
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Post by Ethan's Bus Adventures 2024 on May 20, 2023 12:21:14 GMT 1
37123 into HD Connect. The HD Connect repaints in Huddersfield is almost complete.
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Post by driver6540 on May 20, 2023 21:59:03 GMT 1
37123 into HD Connect. The HD Connect repaints in Huddersfield is almost complete. 37717 now "HD Connected", and yes it doe's have the "stripe".
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Post by rosscolley64 on May 27, 2023 9:43:05 GMT 1
63295 now repainted into "Hybrid" Olympia livery.
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